Definitions
designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English recognicion, from Middle French recognicion, recognition and its etymon Latin recognitiōnem (accusative of recognitiō), from recognitus, past participle of recognōscere.
Used in a sentence
“He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.”
“The freight market has changed beyond all recognition from when RAIL was first published. Coal, the then-dominant traffic, has all but disappeared. Instead, maritime intermodal flows have shown steady growth.”
“The law was a recognition of their civil rights.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Formal notice”11 letters
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